Heart of the Wolf (Heart of the Wolf, #1)

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Heart of the Wolf (Heart of the Wolf #1)

by Terry Spear (Goodreads Author)

3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 · rating details · 1,623 ratings · 145 reviews

"You will be turning pages well into the night." -Sandy Blair, author of A Highlander For Christmas"A fast-paced, sexy read with lots of twists and turns A fascinating paranormal world with a hot hero, a smart heroine and dark villains." -Nicole North, author of Devil in a Kilt Their forbidden love may get them both killed.Bella is a red werewolf, sole survivor of the fire...more

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Published April 1st 2008 by Sourcebooks

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Mar 26, 2008 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A New Werewolf Legacy"

Bella Wilder, a red werewolf must flee from her adoptive gray werewolf pack or be mated to the alpha male, Volan. Bella's heart belongs to Devlyn Greystoke, a beta male werewolf, who saved her from a fire that claimed her pack. Devlyn would fight for her, but he is still young. Bella fears Volan will kill Devlyn. Bella for years lives alone, avoiding all werewolves. One evening on her run in the woods, she comes across another red werewolf. So stunned that another of her ki...more

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Mar 18, 2009 Golden Parsons rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The author of this book is a nice lady with whom I shared a book signing table several months ago. But as much as I wanted to like it, I just didn't. The writing was good, but the driving plot was too erotic for me. I prefer my romance with more finesses than I found in this book.

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Feb 07, 2009 Rhianna rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Bella won't be forced to be Volan's mate. He might be the pack's alpha male but she's chosen the male worthy of her love and loyalty. The trouble is that she believes Volan will kill Devlyn if the beta chooses to fight for her. Fleeing the pack of grays that took her in when her pack of red wolves was killed she lives a solo life in Oregon now. When she left them she was still very much a child in the werewolf world but one hundred and fifty years later she has come into her maturity and longs f...more Bella won't be forced to be Volan's mate. He might be the pack's alpha male but she's chosen the male worthy of her love and loyalty. The trouble is that she believes Volan will kill Devlyn if the beta chooses to fight for her. Fleeing the pack of grays that took her in when her pack of red wolves was killed she lives a solo life in Oregon now. When she left them she was still very much a child in the werewolf world but one hundred and fifty years later she has come into her maturity and longs for a mate. The mate she could never claim for her own.

Getting drugged and tossed into the zoo is the last place Bella expects to end up when she decides to spend some time at her cabin. She's been investigating a series of local murders she believes have been commited by one of her own kind. But her former pack aren't the only ones trying to help her escape. It seems she's drawn the attention of the local red wolves and they are more than willing to start a violent war to keep her for their own. Devlyn won't let Bella do any of this alone even if it means he has to fight the reds and Volan to claim her.

This was a tough book for me to give a star rating on. In the end the things I liked and enjoyed about it were about equal with the things I didn't care for. That's always a tough call. Conceptually, I love this book. Werewolves living with true pack dynamics like wild wolves isn't done very often in the genre. Knowing from page one that Devlyn would have to fight Volan for Bella added tension to the story. Seperating the different types of wolves, red and gray, into their own distinct groups also added a unique element that I really liked. The secondary characters Thompson and Chrissie gave the story some added depth since I always enjoyed decently fleshed out secondaries.

What made me struggle with the book was actually the plot. Unfortunately, there were too many threads trying to be woven as the main story. Volan's wanting Bella seemed like it was going to be the main thread. But then the addition of the murder mystery and the reds' attempts to woo Bella added to the confusion. I found myself asking questions about the world building and such that made the story unravel a bit skewed. My other tough spot was the actual romance between Devlyn and Bella. I like a good sex scene as much as the next reader but after a while it felt like the only chemistry the characters seemed to have was their mutual desire to get naked and mate. I'd have liked just a little more romance of the clothed kind werewolves or not.

All in all I think this is a wonderful concept that will carry over really well into other books. This one just didn't happen to have the right storyline to strike my personal fancy. I think that if you like lots of sex and/or are into the pack dynamics you'll enjoy it. Enjoy! (less)

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Apr 26, 2013 Monique rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Series: 2.5 stars
This book: 1 star
There are two kinds of paranormal romance books. You have Kim Harrison, Ilona Andrews, Faith Hunter and Kelley Armstrong that make up my favorite group: action packed with strong female characters that drive the series. They may have a romantic element but are more "action" than "romance."

Then you have the second group: fluffy, borderline book porn that have strong male leads and wishy-washy females that follow them. The second group has an obstacle to overcome...more

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Apr 23, 2012 Amy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The only reason I gave this 2 stars instead of 1 is because I read book 5 of this series not knowing it was book 5 and really liked it. I thought since it was so good I should start with the first in the series. To all readers thinking the same: save yourself the time and Don't read this book. You won't miss anything by skipping the first book. If you insist on knowing what happened, I will summarize. Stupid girl werewolf likes a boy werewolf but the leader of the pack wants her. She is afraid d...more

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Feb 18, 2011 Teresa Kleeman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I absolutely loved this book. I couldn't put it down from the time I started it to the end.
The story is about Bella. She is a female red wolf whose family died in a fire. She was saved by a gray wolf Devlyn. Bella is adopted into the gray wolves family and society.

Develyn is a beta gray wolf who saves Bella when she was a child. They grow up together playing and watching over each other as they grow up. Develyn feelings turn towards love as they grow older.

Bella has always loved Devlyn. But she...more

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Dec 15, 2010 Jess the Romanceaholic rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-read, werewolves-or-other-shape-shifters, oh-noes-u-saw-me-nekkid, contemporary, on-the-run, spanning-the-ages, smuttastic, law-enforcement, serial-killer

What worked for me:
*Lone wolf being forced back into the pack, and being too stubborn/alpha to come back like a good little puppy.
*The whole bittersweet "I love you but we can't be together" thing that lasted over 100 years.

What didn't work for me:
*Too much sex. Yes, you heard me. Too much sex. It seemed like once they got in bed that first time, that's ALL THEY DID for like 8 chapters or something. It was obnoxious.

*The neighbor was obnoxious, Henry or Harry or whateverhisname is was TOTALLY u...more

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Oct 20, 2010 LynnMarie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Bella is a red wolf shifter and a rare one at that. After a fire destroyed her home and killed her family, her saving grace came in the form of a gray wolf shifter by the name of Devlyn. They became instant friends and she was subsequently welcomed into the family the current Alpha, but her adoption into the gray wolf pack did not come without it's challenges. Repeated attempted rapes, the stepping down of the old Alpha leader, her best friend backing away from her, and now attemp...more Yadkny’s Review

Bella is a red wolf shifter and a rare one at that. After a fire destroyed her home and killed her family, her saving grace came in the form of a gray wolf shifter by the name of Devlyn. They became instant friends and she was subsequently welcomed into the family the current Alpha, but her adoption into the gray wolf pack did not come without it's challenges. Repeated attempted rapes, the stepping down of the old Alpha leader, her best friend backing away from her, and now attempts at a forced mating, all drove her to escaping the pack in order to find a life among the humans. Now she's being hunted by both wolf shifters and humans alike.

Terry Spear creates beautiful imagery in her writing. Her characters really jump off the page with their personalities in both human and wolf forms. It's refreshing to read a shifter story with characters that really embrace their animalistic differences and welcome the changes that come with every full moon. There's no animosity or disgust, it's pure primal instinct and enjoyment. It's a warm tale of finding your first love and then loosing them only to find them again years later and know that the feelings haven't changed.

I also enjoyed the fact that there's really never a dull moment in this story. It was almost like reading a script for a TV. show. In this story Bella goes undercover to track down a killer with the sexy Devlyn by her side while trying to avoid the man who's been after her for over a century (remember we're talking about wolf shifters, so their life spans are a little different). The rest of the cast helps thicken the plot with their mysteriousness and just when you think you know someone or something... you don't. There's also plenty of plot tension and sexual frustration, so the overall resulting release on both are very well received and welcomed. The ending of this book stands true to the definition of happily-ever-after and anyone who reads it won't be disappointed.

Recommended reading for those seeking an adventure in the form of a good ole fashion 'who dunnit' with a bunch of territorial wolf shifters and the lone female red-head caught in the middle.

4 Tea Cups!

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Sep 28, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romantic-mystery

Mostly solving a mystery which dragged too much. Some unanswered questions at the end. I enjoyed the wolf fight scenes.

STORY BRIEF:
Bella is a red wolf in Colorado who was adopted into a pack of gray wolves after her pack was killed in a fire. The alpha male Volan wanted her as his mate and repeatedly tried to rape her. She loved beta male Devlin, but Volan would kill Devlin if Volan knew. So Bella ran away to avoid Volan and save Devlin. She has been living alone in Oregon until Henry captures h...more Mostly solving a mystery which dragged too much. Some unanswered questions at the end. I enjoyed the wolf fight scenes.

STORY BRIEF:
Bella is a red wolf in Colorado who was adopted into a pack of gray wolves after her pack was killed in a fire. The alpha male Volan wanted her as his mate and repeatedly tried to rape her. She loved beta male Devlin, but Volan would kill Devlin if Volan knew. So Bella ran away to avoid Volan and save Devlin. She has been living alone in Oregon until Henry captures her for a zoo. Due to the moon phase she turns into a human while in the zoo cage. Authorities believe the wolf was kidnapped and she as a human was involved. The publicity brings Devlin and the Oregon red wolf pack into her world. Devlin is supposed to take her back to Volan. She still loves Devlin but hides it to keep him safe from Volan. Someone is killing human women with red hair. Bella believes it is a red wolf. Since humans don’t know about shape-shifters Bella feels that she and Devlin must investigate and find the killer before they return to Colorado. Meanwhile, some red wolves want Bella as a mate due to a shortage of female red wolves. They will fight Devlin to get her. Henry (from the zoo) and the police are investigating and following Bella since she is the main suspect in the disappearance of the zoo wolf (Bella).

REVIEWER’S OPINION WITH HINTS OF SPOILERS:
It takes awhile for Bella and Devlin to get together because she lies about her feelings. She doesn’t tell him she has always loved him, and he stays away from her because he believes it. She lies because she believes something else which is not true. This method of conflict is not interesting for me (conflict due to vague communication and inaccurate assumptions). Other parts of the story were good. I was laughing at Bella’s zoo predicament and her thoughts about Henry, the zoo person who loved wolves. But the main story is Bella and Devlin slowly making progress to solve the mystery of the killings. That part dragged too much. I did enjoy the wolf fight scenes near the end. However, I had unanswered questions. I wanted to know more details about the killings, who, why, how – this was too vague. I also didn’t know how Volan and Leidolf had been wounded in the woods. They may have fought each other, but it wasn’t clear. I also wanted to know more about Leidolf, what he was going to do, and what was going to happen with the leadership of the red wolf pack.

DATA:
Story length: 384 pages. Swearing language: moderate to strong. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 5. Total number of sex scene pages: 19. Setting: 1850 and around 2000 Colorado and Oregon. Copyright: 2008. Genre: paranormal romantic mystery.(less)

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Feb 06, 2010 Lexie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance-paranormal, review-blog, genre-romance, books-owned

When this first came out I wasn't much into werewolves. Or any other kind of Shifter either. Part of it was lack of caring about them and the other part was the irrational dislike I have taken towards canines of any breed. Maybe because I'm so horrifically allergic to them. At any rate I ignored this book in favor of other paranormals even though I was rather interested in it.

As my tastes have changed I've begun to reach out and look at books and authors I overlooked. Patricia Briggs for instanc...more When this first came out I wasn't much into werewolves. Or any other kind of Shifter either. Part of it was lack of caring about them and the other part was the irrational dislike I have taken towards canines of any breed. Maybe because I'm so horrifically allergic to them. At any rate I ignored this book in favor of other paranormals even though I was rather interested in it.

As my tastes have changed I've begun to reach out and look at books and authors I overlooked. Patricia Briggs for instance, her Alpha and Omega series makes me a happy girl. When I received this book as part of a prize pack I was delighted and eager to read it...then it got packed away on the shelves and I completely forgot to find it again. Re-shelving began and I found it again and decided to read it right then and there.

I liked this book, but there was something not quite right with it. I can't place my finger on it, though I think it has something to do with the romance between Bella and Devlyn. It's not that it wasn't passionate or that there wasn't chemistry, I think it was more because the two of them made so many excuses as to why it couldn't happen that when it did happen I was shocked. 150 years of living in fear of the Alpha, Devlyn telling her that he has no choice but to give her to the Alpha and Bella being equally adamant against the action...it didn't add up in my head.

As for the other storyline of the red wolf killing folks, that storyline was rather jumbled and thrown together to give Devlyn and Bella a chance to find some time alone. I was confused by its resolution. The problems of the romantic nature were easily taken care of, if anyone had bothered to communicate, and over pretty quickly. The added bit of Bella having to fight to be Alpha Female was unneeded and over quickly at any rate.

In the end, as I said, I liked the book, but nagging doubts clouded me from really enjoying it. I want to read the next in the series and see if maybe it was just freshmen blues plaguing this first book in the Werewolf Series. (less)

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Jan 14, 2012 Pat rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, paranormal, romance, series, naughty-bits, series-r-us

First my recap of the synopsis. Bella, a red wolf raised within a pack of grays caught the eye of the brutal Alpha who has decreed she will become his mate. Bella realizes she must leave the pack to save the life of the gray, Devlyn that once rescued her and she has grown to love. The re-united couple must overcome several obstacles before they can rejoin their pack. Each as dangerous as the last, including battling through the red wolf territory whose Alpha has also decided Bella is his mate; s...more First my recap of the synopsis. Bella, a red wolf raised within a pack of grays caught the eye of the brutal Alpha who has decreed she will become his mate. Bella realizes she must leave the pack to save the life of the gray, Devlyn that once rescued her and she has grown to love. The re-united couple must overcome several obstacles before they can rejoin their pack. Each as dangerous as the last, including battling through the red wolf territory whose Alpha has also decided Bella is his mate; solving a mysterious crime while keeping the knowledge of werewolves away from humans and fighting for their lives.

I did not like this book in the beginning. There weren't many things that didn't work for me - but what there was carried weight. I had no use for the whiny, petulant,TSTL excuse for a heroine who was also saddled with the misfortune of being named Bella (sorry that name is spoiled for all time). Neither was it helpful to keep reading the phrase "lupus garou" until my eyes wanted to bleed (every single page and sometimes more often).

That being said I can get to what worked for me here. All of the other characters were good. Cassie was the epitome of the nosy neighbor; the resolution of the mysterious culprit - although convenient was necessary to the story; Henry Thompson was a good introduction to the story but seemed underutilized. There was enough sex to almost make this erotica and a couple of sexy scenes. I chose to read their foreplay as more of a courtship as it spanned over 7 or 8 chapters. The return to the pack was handled rather quickly but it was efficient and in hindsight just right. The overall story, plot & sub-plot wove together nicely and the pacing was fine. There wasn't much world building to be done, more of the legends & society to be explored and it was done without distraction.

Finally, I'm willing to read the second of the series provided it isn't a continuation of Bella and I don't have to read the phrase "lupus garou". This book earned its 3star rating(less)

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Mar 23, 2013 Suzan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Paranormal Romance fans

I've been wanting to try Terry Spear's series for a while now and I'm glad I finally did. I really liked Devlyn and Bella. They were so made for each other. The chemistry between them was sizzling. I also loved a few of the supporting characters like Argos, Chrissy and Henry! I didn't like the red's they met or Volan, Volan more so then the reds cause of what he tried to do to Bella when she was only a child still.
I did want to slap Bella a few times for not believing in Develyn like she should...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Kris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-urban-fantasy, romance, suspense, series

4 STARS

Bella is a red wolf living among the gray wolf pack in Colorado. Devlyn found her as a young teen and brought her to his pack and has longed for her since. Volan the alpha male of the pack also has his eyes on Bella and will not stop at anything to get he as his mater. Bella on the other hand will do anything to avoid him and has run away a few times. She looks for a human male mate and when in the late 1800s Volan kills the human Bella flees the pack for good. Fast forward to present day...more

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Dec 13, 2010 Kelly rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2010

Oh, guys. I don't like giving bad reviews. I feel that when I find a book that I don't connect with that the fault lies with me somehow. Especially when it's book about werewolves, which I have a particular fondness for. After finishing this book and jumping online to read some reviews, I really do think I'm in the minority here because there are plenty of good reviews out there for it. Unfortunately the book never grabbed me and I actually thought I wasn't going to be able to finish it at sever...more Oh, guys. I don't like giving bad reviews. I feel that when I find a book that I don't connect with that the fault lies with me somehow. Especially when it's book about werewolves, which I have a particular fondness for. After finishing this book and jumping online to read some reviews, I really do think I'm in the minority here because there are plenty of good reviews out there for it. Unfortunately the book never grabbed me and I actually thought I wasn't going to be able to finish it at several points.

To start with, the writing felt very repetitive. Bella's thoughts kept circling back and retreading the same ground again and again. It really slowed the story down and kept me from caring what she was going through. The story was also bogged down by the mythology- it felt thin and I honestly wasn't all that invested in it.

Now, one thing that really took me out of the story was the fact that Bella is 150 years old and still a virgin. O_o Although werewolves age slower than humans and she's the equivalent of a 21 year old, this is after she was determined to seduce a human male in the first few pages and was stopped by her Pack mates. I'm sorry. This pushed the realms of credibility for me. She said at one point that she had never experienced the mating urge until her heat comes upon her at the start of the modern part of the story. Here's my problem: it's called a SEX DRIVE and a not a sex amble-through-the-roses for a reason. It pulls you. It's one of the most fundamental parts of human (and animal) nature. That drive to reproduce. She had already shown an interest in sex when she was a teenager but she never explores that in 150 YEARS OF LIVING? I just can't buy that.

One other thing that really got to me was the formatting for this story. I picked it up as a free Kindle download and I've never seen the type of line spacing issues and lack of paragraph indentations that I ran across with this book. I know this isn't the fault of the author and was probably just an unfortunate glitch, but added to my other issues with the book it kept me from losing myself in the story. It was bad enough that there were several times where I had no idea who was talking because of the lack of paragraphs.

Guys, I love paranormal romances. I love shapeshifters- werewolves in particular. This book and I never connected. Obviously, I'm one person in a sea of many and plenty of other people enjoyed it, so take that as you will. The book is currently free and you can see for yourself if it's for you or not.

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal (less)

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Oct 04, 2011 Kay rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: shifters

AHHH HOT WEREWOLVES! MAMA LIKES!

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Apr 15, 2010 Beth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-book-list

My Thoughts...

Bella is on the run from the pack that took her in as a child, why? Volan, the grey wolf alpha, has his sights set on Bella to be his mate. Bella, a lone rare red wolf, didn’t appreciate the claim and escaped the pack, leaving her heart behind with another grey wolf, Devlyn.

This was decades ago, too many to count, werewolves age one year for every thirty. Now Bella is living in Washington State, working from home and carving out a very different life for herself as a lone wolf.

The...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Tracy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

~* 2.5 Stars *~
Didn't Quite Win My Heart
Orphaned as a child when her red lupus garou pack was slaughtered by hunters, Bella was rescued by young gray wolf Devlyn and taken in by his pack. She should have been safe, grown up cared for and treated well. For a while she was, until male alpha Volan took over as pack leader and started making her life hell. He wanted Bella as his mate, intended to make her his, even if he has to force their mating....by raping her when she's still a child.

Having esca...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Bella is a red werewolf who has fled from Volan, the gray pack leader that wants her as his mate. She’s always wanted Devlyn, but fears her love will lose his life if he fights their leader. She lives a quiet life in her new home until a series of murders puts her on alert. Someone is killing redheaded females. Is a pack of local red werewolves to blame? They’re short on females to mate with and may be trying to convert human women. She makes it her mission to stop them, but interference comes w...more

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Jan 13, 2011 Kasey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: free-ebooks, paranormal-romance, kindle, shifters-weres

I adored Bella and Devlyn. There were parts of this book I loved and parts that I wish had some work. The wolves were great and I loved that both of our leads were born werewolves, it was a nice change from the more common roles. I also enjoyed the fact that Bella and Devlyn had a long history. On the negative side I think the book could use some editing. There are a couple of times the characters will mention things as if for the first time when they already had a conversation about it prior. A...more

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Apr 24, 2011 Laurielu Book Savvy Babes rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011-reads, erotica, first-in-series, paranormal, romance, werewolf

After years of running from Volan (the gray pack's alpha), Bella has been found. The werewolf she wants to claim as her mate, is after her to return her to the pack. Devlyn wants to claim Bella as his mate once their worlds collide again after many years of separation. Bella has found herself in a very precarious position and needs to be saved before the secret that werewolves is revealed to the human world. The reconnection of Bella and Devlyn creates a heated reunion. As the story unravels, th...more

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Sep 23, 2012 Violet rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO 17 AND UNDER THIS BOOK IS VERY VERY MARTUE BOOK.
I gave this book a three star for a few reason i didnt really like how every time they went to be they had to be in there birthday suit but i did reather enjoy the joury that Bella had to go through i did enjoy that Devlyn would do anything for his mate to be and mate at that. I didnt realyl trust that neighbor of bells i did get sceard that she would still Deyln away but i did see that she was a truly a goodfriend to...more

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Feb 15, 2012 Tia rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Since I've read these books out of order and book nine in the installment of this series was the first one I read, well let's say if I read this one first, I may of given it a higher vote for stars.

This book was okay in the sense that it has everything you want in a werewolf book, it's just not enough action. I found it kind of boring and nodding off while trying to read it. Book nine kepts me on my toes a lot more.

The plot in this book is pretty damn simplistic, the book is only made a wee bi...more

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Aug 29, 2011 Laura P rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy

The characters were interesting but could use a little more development. The plot was okay, though I found it difficult to really connect with the storyline or the characters. I also find myself skimming and skipping quickly thru some of the sex scenes. . . and there were a lot of those.. .too much sex and not enuf story for my taste. This is the first book of this type (werewolf, shifter) that I have read and I just couldn't really get into it. This may not be a bad read to someone enjoying shi...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Elaine Mcdonald rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Bad Bella! Yes, this whole story has gone to the dogs! I couldn't take another page of this book, so I ended up skimming the rest of the book. I have to say it really didn't get any better. Even the sex was boring with chapters and chapters of it to wade through to get to the story. I can easily overlook things that are unbelievable. I can read time travel, fairies, werewolves and vampires and enjoy all of them. Save yourself some time and move on to another book. Some say that her other books a...more

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Oct 21, 2011 Amanda P rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own-as-an-ebook, paranormal-urban-fantasy

I gave up! I could not get through another page, I tried. I guess I could best summarize the book as amateurish and boring.

Main chick - I've already forgotten her name couldnt make up her damn mind, one minute she wants her true mate the next she wants a human. then she wants her mate again, but isnt willing to let him to fight for her. I mean come on chick. Your over a 100 years old and you are acting like a 13 year girl. I wanted to smack her every time she started whining. No thanks

The dude...more

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Jun 10, 2011 Mrs.Norman rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: erotic-romance, kindy-ipad, 1-dolla-holla, lycans-shifters-etc

Devlyn a gray lupus garou saved Bella a red lupus garou from a wildfire that claimed the life of her entire family. Devlyn's pack takes Bella in and treats her like their own. The leader of the pack Volan wants Bella as his mate and Bella hates his guts. She also is in love with Devlyn and wants to mate with him. One day she decides she no longer wants to deal with Volan's aggressive advances at her and decides to run away from the pack. One-hundred and fifty years later and Bella's still on the...more Devlyn a gray lupus garou saved Bella a red lupus garou from a wildfire that claimed the life of her entire family. Devlyn's pack takes Bella in and treats her like their own. The leader of the pack Volan wants Bella as his mate and Bella hates his guts. She also is in love with Devlyn and wants to mate with him. One day she decides she no longer wants to deal with Volan's aggressive advances at her and decides to run away from the pack. One-hundred and fifty years later and Bella's still on the run and is still in love with Devlyn. One day she goes out on a run in her red lupus garou form and gets tranqued by a hunter and gets put into a zoo. The hunter thinks Bella is a wild red wolf and wants to bring her to the zoo to mate with another red wolf that lives there..lol! Unfortunately, Volan finds out that she's in the zoo and sends Devlyn to retrieve her. When Devlyn see's Bella he decides right then and there that he's been an idiot for not running away with her and is determined to mate with her!

Of course Bella is in love with him and wants to mate with Devlyn but she knows in doing so...will bring Volans wrath and she doesn't think Devlyn can beat him. Devlyn knows that he can beat him and take over the pack and tries to get Bella to see reason and return to the pack so he can fight Volan to the death once and for all and be together forever.

On top of all of that there's a pack of red lupus garou in the area and one of them is murdering red-headed human females and trying to change them so that they can mate. Soon as they find out about Bella the leader of said pack thinks he has a claim on her since Devlyn and Bella are in their territory. So not only do they have Volan to deal with they also have; a nosy ass neighbor, a zoo keeper looking for a missing red wolf and a pack of horny red lupus garou hot on their trail!

What I loved the most about this werewolf tale was the fact that even though Bella wanted to be mated to Devlyn and vice versa they loved each other for them. Not because they were destined to be together. It was quite refreshing!! Usually in these werewolf tales or any other story about a couple being mated...the urge to mate came first. It was great to see a couple being in love with each other and willing to fight to the death for some one because they were in love...not destined to be mated!! I really enjoyed this story and the sex was super hot and I would definitely read another book buy this author;)(less)

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Dec 29, 2010 Maja rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal-romance, werewolves

I didn't have a problem with the plot. It was good enough, not brilliant or anything but it carried itself. It was everything else that was a little off. The characters, Bella and Devlyn, annoyed me. They were both so stubborn that it bordered on stupidity. And then there was the sexual undertone that never left - most of the time it was SO much more than just an undertone. It disturbed the entire book and made everything else seem secondary. The relationship between Bella and Devlyn also suffer...more

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Mar 08, 2013 Donna rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire_typical-shifter_typical, naughty-naughty-naughty

Torn between It Was OK and I Liked It, so I rounded up. It was a fairly fun read. Yes, it was predictable, and yes, half the drama was people sharing feelings but in their own head had good reasons not to admit them, which drives me insane, but it was well written and pretty steamy, so all in all not a bad book. If you make it past the frustration, hidden feelings, and I am touching you but we can't be together, then there is some pay off. I will read number 2 but I expect a little more than thi...more

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Apr 17, 2012 Abby rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I liked this book... It was a good intro to a series I think has the potential to be really great. I really liked Bella's character and the fact that she did what she had to do to get away from Volan. And although they're the wolf rules or whatever I didn't like the fact that the red wolves "Claimed" her all because she was in their territory. I really loved Devlyn's character. There was just something about him, probably that he was willing to fight for her, that I loved. All in all it was a re...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Tania rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"Heart of the Wolf" by Terry Spear. Book 1 in the Werewolf series.

It took me about 4-5 chapters to really start enjoying this book. I was a little confused at first, and I don't really even know why. At first, I didn't like the main heroine Bella. After a bit, she was OK. The hero, Devlyn (being a werewolf) is very alpha. His character was easier to like. Although I really enjoyed the chemestry between the two characters. They complement each other very nicely.

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